The only sake brewery in "Shonan" with a restaurant and café with a deep history and full of charm

"Shonan" ( Area around the Shonan coast which is from Kamakura City to Chigasaki City ) is a popular tourist destination blessed with a mild climate and beautiful ocean.

Kagawa, Chigasaki City, located in the area known as the "Shonan" area, is blessed with rich nature and subsoil water from the Tanzawa mountain range.

During the period when "Minamoto no Yoritomo" established the Kamakura Shogunate in Kamakura and the area became a stronghold of the samurai, the "Shonan" area became a major sake production area.

"Kumazawa Shuzou" (Kumazawa Brewery), established in 1872, is the only remaining historical sake brewery in the Shonan area.

After passing through the mimosa arches, visitors will find a beer brewery, a sake brewery, a restaurant, a café, and a gallery in the spacious grounds of the brewery.

Several shops renovated from sake breweries and old private houses are located on the premises, creating a forest-like space that resembles a town.

The brewery produces not only sake, but also local beer, and has a restaurant and bakery that serves its own delicious sake and bread made with beer instead of water.

It is a very attractive sake brewery.

" Yopparai ( tipsy or drunk people ) makes Japan rich."

This unique company motto was adopted by the current president, Shigeyoshi Kumazawa, the sixth-generation brewer, when he joined the company.

It expresses the company's desire to make local people feel that their community is enriched by the sake brewery's presence.

Pairing Experience at "MOKICHI KAMAKURA," a Restaurant in a Renovated Historical Building, Close to the Center of Kamakura

"MOKICHI KAMAKURA" is a restaurant under the direct management of Kumazawa Shuzou, located near the Great Buddha of Kamakura in Hase, near the center of Kamakura.

The restaurant is housed in a reused brick building, a historical structure of the former"Kanagawa Prefecture Shonan Water Supply Kamakura Pressure Pump Station", which has supplied the people of the Kamakura area with precious water since the early Showa era (1936), and is the registered tangible cultural property.

The restaurant, with its stately, classical exterior, and modern, sophisticated, open-air interior, offers "Kuramoto (Brewery) cuisine" that makes full use of herbs and fermented ingredients from the brewery.

Using herbs harvested from the herb garden on the premises, and fermented ingredients unique to the sake brewery, guests can enjoy creative cuisine based on Italian and French cuisine, but also incorporating elements of Japanese cuisine.

For those who simply cannot take the time to travel from Kamakura to the brewery, you can select a special Pairing Course with this "Kuramoto (Brewery) cuisine", that incorporates various elements of Italian, French, and Japanese cuisine at a restaurant with such unique charm.

While sightseeing in Kamakura, please enjoy the experience of pairing creative cuisine unique to a sake brewery with Kumazawa Shuzou's specialty sake and beer, after experiencing a guided tour of fascinating historical building with no travel time required.

Both lunch and dinner paring experiences are available.

A delightful limited offer. An exclusive souvenir for the Waka An Plan

All available experiences include an exclusive souvenir of the Waka An Plan.

"Tensei" brand Special Junmai (720ml)" Sake, a crisp, dry junmai sake with a refreshing aroma and fresh mouthfeel that goes perfectly with fish dishes.

For those who are not fond of alcohol, you can choose an assortment of original sweets sold at MOKICHI Baker & Sweets, a bread and baked goods store on the premises.

The contents of the assortment include three items: "Nerikasu Chocolat Cookies," "Sakekasu Pound Cake," and "Sakekasu Custard Pudding" , all using sake lees from the brewery.

( Contents may change depending on the season ).

The lineup, which is unique to the sake brewery with a slight aroma of sake lees, is a gem that will make even the most discerning sweets lover swoon.

You will also be able to take home a special glass as a souvenir to remember this experience when you go home and enjoy the "Tensei" brand sake.

Whether you are toasting with your travel companions while reminiscing, or enjoying it alone in silence, please take the time to enjoy Kumazawa Shuzou's sake after you return home.

Enjoy the whole experience in stress-free English

Limited to the Waka An plan, all experiences, including guided tours of the historical building, as well as all the other interesting stories, such as paring experience of sake and craft beer with the brewery cuisine, will be fully supported in English by a " Kamakura Local ", with native-like English ability, and is a lover of Japanese culture, and has been involved in international business for over 35 years with the motto "to be a bridge between Japan and overseas".

Of course, you will also receive support for all the interpretation throughout the entire experience,

allowing you to fully enjoy the experience without language barriers.

Enjoy the stress-free experience without the language barrier, that only WakaAn can offer.

Kumazawa Shuzou (Kumazawa Brewery) is a fusion of a history and new values, loved not only by fans of sake and beer, but also by many people, especially local residents.

Enjoy a moment to fully appreciate its charms, in this nostalgic space that makes you forget about hassles of everyday life .